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Eileen Cook January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Unisured

Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

(Authors: Grace Sparks, Lunna Lopes, Alex Montero, Marley Presiado, and Liz Hamel for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 29,

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance HRAs/HSAs Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, HSAs, Medicare Part D

3 big questions about Trump’s healthcare policy plan

(By Jakob Emerson & Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump released a sparsely detailed healthcare policy framework

CMS Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance HRAs/HSAs Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 CMS, Creditable health coverage, Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Older Adults

Find out if it’s the right time to sign up for Medicare or not

Most people sign up for both Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) when they’re first eligible (usually

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 ACA, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Price Transparency

Trump pitches healthcare policy outline aimed at lowering costs: 3 takeaways

(Jakob Emerson, Ella Jeffries, Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump released a sparsely detailed healthcare policy framework

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 ACA, CBO, Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Higher Premium Payments or Higher Deductibles: The Tradeoffs ACA Enrollees Face

(By Emma Wager Twitter, Justin Lo, and Cynthia Cox Twitter for The Kaiser Family Foundation published January 14, 2026) The

Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Average US family spent nearly $4K on healthcare in 2024: Report

(By: Kristin Kuchno for Becker’s Hospital Review) The typical working family in the U.S. spent $3,960 on healthcare-related costs in

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 ACA Enrollment, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

ACA Signups Are Down, But Still an Incomplete Picture

(By Jared Ortaliza for The Kaiser Family Foundation published January 12, 2026) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General Primary Care

Gerry Hafer January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 CMS, medicare, OBBBA, Primary Care

2026 Ushers in New Pricing Shift for Primary Care

Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brought an array of changes affecting seniors, with one quietly affecting healthcare

Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Medicare - General

Gerry Hafer December 30, 2025January 2, 2026 Medicare for All, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Universal Health Care

Bernie Sanders: Universal Health Care and Job Choices Unfortunately Linked

(Source: Yahoo!News) “Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive.” That’s the